As an avid reader of personal advice columns, historian Mary Beth Norton found the perfect confluence of interests in the Athenian Mercury, a London periodical published from 1691-97 that answered readers’ questions about love and marriage.
Princeton history professor Michael Gordin will give the inaugural lecture celebrating the life and work of Henry Guerlac ’32, M.S. ’33, an influential historian of science and Cornell faculty member for three decades.
A $5 million gift from the Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation to the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards will secure the future of its museum-quality holdings, as well as a rich program of concerts, festivals and educational offerings.
On April 25, seven Society for the Humanities’ Fellows will present their projects in progress during the annual Spring Fellows’ conference, highlighting the various ways that the theme of silence has been explored –
The culmination of a year-long study of “New/Futurism: Installation, Intermedia, Interactive & Immersive Dance,” the April 25-26 performance also features the work of influential choreographer Merce Cunningham and highlights collaboration among art forms.
Menachem Rosensaft, adjunct professor at Cornell Law School, will read poems from his latest book, “Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai after Auschwitz,” on April 21 at White Hall, room 110. A Q&A discussion will follow.
The Institute oversees the Cornell Writing Centers, Graduate Writing Service, writing workshops, the first-year writing (FWS) seminars and other writing resources across campus.
Columbia University's Khatchig Mouradian will give a lecture, “Ethnic Cleansing in the Long 19th Century: The Native American, Circassian, and Armenian Cases,” on April 24.
